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| Jose Lezcano |
Stats Updated Through: 11/19/2009
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| 2009 Stats: | | Starts | | 1258 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 207-214-184 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $8,513,891 (16) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 16% (48%) |
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Biography and Highlights:
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- Height: 5'3"
- Weight: 112
- Born: April 20, 1985, Panama
- Residence: Plantation, Fla.
- Family: Single; younger brother rides in Panama.
- Through Sept. 15, 2009, Lezcano ranked 19th in the nation by earnings with $5,994,470 and has had 144 winners from 913 starters. He won at a 16% rate, finishing in the money 48% of the time.
- Won with his first and only Breeders' Cup mount, Maram, in the inaugural edition of the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf in 2008. The win also was a first Breeders' Cup victory for trainer Chad Brown and owners Karen Woods and Saud bin Khaled, who were all starting a Breeders' Cup runner for the first time.
- Top mounts for 2009 included Eaton's Gift (G2 Smile Sprint Handicap), Not for Silver (G2 Carry Back Stakes), Cosmonaut (G3 Fort Marcy Stakes), I Lost My Choo (G3 Honey Fox Stakes), Buddy's Humor (G3 Pan American Stakes), and Ballymore Lady (G3 Endeavour Stakes).
- Enjoyed a career year in 2008, replacing perennial leader Joe Bravo as the leading rider at Monmouth Park with 141 wins, then taking the 2008 fall season at the Meadowlands. He carried that momentum into the 2009 Gulfstream Park meet and also earned a leading rider title there with 71 wins. Agent Jason Bidas holds his book.
- Tied a track record at Monmouth on June 22, 2008, riding six winners – including Coli Bear in the Blue Sparkler Stakes – on one card.
- Rode Deputy Glitters, his first Triple Crown contender, to an eighth place finish in the 2006 edition of the G1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. Was 12th aboard Visionaire in 2008.
- Won the 2006 riding title at The Meadowlands and carried that success to Florida where he won the Tampa Bay Downs riding title, the same season he captured the G3 Tampa Bay Derby with Deputy Glitters.
- Spent his first season at Monmouth in 2005, finishing fifth in the standings overall.
- His first win came in March of 2004 at Gulfstream Park aboard Cloudy Gray.
- Attended the Laffit Pincay Jockey School in his native Panama before moving to the U.S. in January of 2003 and launching his career at Gulfstream Park.
Breeders' Cup Record| Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earnings | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $621,000 |
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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